Sunday, February 24, 2013

Hello all,
We had a great meeting on Thursday 21st February at Puhinui School.
Thanks to Steve for showing us some of your school infrastructure and talking the group through some of your school eLearning foci for 2013.
A major component of our meeting was to decide the scope for our meetings throughout 2013.
We want to make sure these meetings are supporting teachers in their eLearning/ICT journeys.
In discussion, we came up with this list of things we would like to have as part of our 2013 meetings:

sharing from each school (Smackdown format - 2 mins each)

meetings at a variety of schools

demonstrations

pedagogical discussions over ICT issues

school/classroom tours at venue school

guests & experts visiting (perhaps 2-3 times per year)

ideas shared for professional development in eLearning

Google Docs

Google Calendar

Security of devices

mini workshops (20 mins) at each meeting on agreed topics

sharing of good online resources, blogs people are reading etc

iPad app sharing (junior & senior)

possibly look at running a mini conference!

collaboration & sharing of classroom based ideas - practical

examine Core Top 10 Trends & Horizon Report - future focus

If you weren't able to make the meeting, please feel free to contribute any ideas you may have in the comments below this post.Remember, meetings are held on Thursday afternoons in Week 3 and 8 of each term.